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E. B. HINEA REGISTER;

rrLED APR.30. 192:.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

UNITED STAT'ES.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD B. HIN, OF LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSE'I'TS, ASSIGNOR T0 GILBERT &

BARKER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFi WEST SPBINGFIELD, MASSACHU- SETTS, A. CORPORATION OF'MASSACHUSETTS.

REGISTER.

Application file April 30, 1921.

Be it lrnownthat '1, EDwAnD B. Hnvn,

a citizen of the llnited States, residing at ongmeadow, in the county of l'lampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful mprovements in Registers, of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in l'egisters of the type which are intermittently actuatecL-usually from a machine, to give cumulative indcations of the extent of motion of some part of themachine.

The inventfion according to most of its features, is capable of a variety of uses and is thus. la'rgely independent of the particular use to which it is put.

The invention, however, finds one advantageous use in connection with the Wellknown measuring and dispensing pumps, which are generally used in connection with the sale of gasoline and lile Aoils. For such use, it is highly desirable to prevent fraudulent operation of the register., which is the means for apprising the customer of the quantities displaced zfrom the pump. f such means can, without great difliculty, be fraudulently manipulated, tlish'onest operators will take advantage of this ,fact to mislead and chcat the customer.

One object of the invention is to provide in a register indicator-operating mechanism with an actuator adapted to be moved intermittently to cause the indicator to progress and give the desired cumulative indications such mechanism arranged to prevent such progress by any other means than said actuator and, while pcrmitting "everse movement of the indicator to zero positionv prevents such n'iovcment beyond such position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a reciprocable actuating means for periodically engaging the actuator on each strole and capable of moving it on only one, said means including a part which can yield readily when it cngages the actuator on its inoperative strolce and can also yield after it has engaged and moved the actuator on its operative stroke but less readily than on the other stroke.

Another object of the invention is to provide. as indicator-operating mcchanism. an

escapment wheel and an associated oscillating Operating level', the teeth of said'wheel for the most part permitting retrograde Serial No. 465,789.

vent such movement, whereby the indicator cannot be moved backwards beyond. a predetermined point7 such, for example, as the o zero point of the register.

Another object of the invention is to encase the Operating mechanism in such a` manner that it cannot be, taken apart when mounted on the machine from which it is operated, and to encase such machine, or at least the above-described actuat'or and its actuating means, leaving only the indicator of the register and some controlling device for the machine accessible from outside the casing.

The invention, in an embodimentat present preferred, is disclosed for illustrative purposes in the accompanyng drawings, in which,- Fig. l is a cross-sectional view of a register, embodying the invention` illustrative also of the mounting of the register on the machine by which it is operated;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of the register-Operating mechanism, the enclosing casing of which has been largely broken away; w

Fig. 8 is a. 'sectional elevational view, taken on the. line 8-3 of Fig. 1 and illustrative of the preferred construction of the actuator; and

Fig. 4' is a small-Scale clevational view showing the cncased machine with the register mounted. thereon.

Referring to these drawings, the operating mechanism is completely enclosed in a suitable casing which, as illustrated consists of front. and back members 5 and 6, respectively, one of which, as 5, has a circular rim 7 to suitably space the members and complete the enclosure. These members are suitably secured together, as by screws 8,' which vare preferably applied from the back of the register for the purpose of rendering them inaccessib'le for rcmoval after. the back plate has been mountcd, as shown in Fig. l., on the machine by which it is to be driven.

The outer face of the front member 5 carries a dial suitably graduated in the desired units. as indicated at 9 in Fig. 4. For the sake of illust-ration` these units may be considered as gallons, inasmuch as the machine illustrated in connection with the register is oensinp' nuino. The instril'ze low iJ l a ineasnging` and L dioatoi', as illustrated., consists of apointer 22 to e'ngage and be aifi'e- 10 fixed to the outer end a shaft 11 w 23. 'Onsloiv return inoveinent mounted to turn in suitable bearings inineinthe rounded portion would not be bers 5 and tial. The' Operating inechanisin lof the register rl`he nieans for actuating' lever 13 will. now comprises 'an escapeinent wheel and a be desci'ibed. ;fletuatioii of this lever in one suitable oscillatingopei'atinglevei'13. llllheel -direction is effected by a spring'26, or other 12 is suitably fixed to sliaft 11 and closely equivalent ineans7 which tends to 'hold level* fits between liubs on ineinbers 5 and 6,'thei'e- 13 in tlie illusti'ated position, via, with the by preventing aziial niovenientof the shaft. upper pin 16' located in the bottoin of The operatiiig lever is fixed intermediate its tooth space 17. Vfhen so located, forward V`vends to`another,'and par llel, sliaft 15 which moveinent of wheel 12 is pi'evented by the is niouiited-ina liub 16 pi'ojectiiig i'earabutinent of pin 16' 15 wardly froin back-plate 6.V rfhe free ends of stantially radiah face of the teeth 17, 22 .or

levei' 13 are ai'ranged altei'nately to engage 21. For moving lever 13 in tlie opposite dithe teeth of wheel 12 in ani7 suitable niann'er', rection, an actuatoi'. in the shape of a proas by the pins 16' illustrated. These pins, jection.l such as 27. is provided which is fixed arranged one near each enid of lever 13, pi'oto the outer end of shaft 15. This projecject latei'ally therefi'oin E the plane of tion 27 is arranged to be intei'niittently enthe wheel the lever itself. as shownI in Fig. gaged and moved by a projectiom such as 28 1, being disposed in back of the wheel. V.The on any moving part such as the reciprocat- .relation of lever 13,,to wheel 12 is such that ing bar 29. On'such niovenienh the lower one pin 16' .enters a tooth' space 17 justbepin 16' en'gages the Cain face of av tooth 19 fore the .other pin 16' leaves a coi'i'espond'ingLLand inoi'es itfoi'wardly until pin 16' lodges tooth spacea so that at no tinie, even for anV in the bottoin of the space 17 This inoves instant, does the lcver release the wheel for 'wheel 12 forwai'dlv bv a distaiice equal to forward inoveni'cnt by ani7 other means than half that by' which the teeth are spaeed. the lever itself although i'ctrogji'adc nioveclubse(pientl the pi'ojections 27 and 28 are 30 inent of the wheel. as far as the zero point of diseng'aged, whereupon the upper pin 16' dial 5 caii be eliccted nianuallv, as by tui'nwill engage on the Cain face of a tooth 19 ing the liandle 18 which, as shown in lig: 2, and move it the remaining distance. Thus, is fixed t-o indi Iatoi' 10. one o vcle of moveinent of levei' 13 moves For the purpose of pei'in'itting' i'etrograde wheel 12 by a ster) cori'espondin1 to that beinoveinent of wheel 12 independently of letween successive teeth 19 and Itlius moves inver 13`V the teeth of the wliccl are. for the' dicator 10 one unit over the dial 5. most pai't foi'ni'ed as ordinary'ratchet teeth. rfhe disengagement of the projections 27' Such teeth are indicated at 1.9 and have one and 28 may, according' to the features outradial face 20. the uppei` end of which is liiied iii the preceding description, be made 40 connected'to the lower end of the coi'i'eto occur iii any suitable inanner. Accordsponding facc of the adjacent'tooth by an ino' to one feature of the invention howinclined,oi caiii` face 21. fitfleast one of the ever. this disengazeinent is made occui' teetln as 22R has its cam face inod'ii'icd as by the pro'jectioii ti'ippiiifi over the proshown in to afoi'd ;i shouldei` 23 ;icction 2? after the foruier has inoved the which is so located as to pi'event i'ctri'igrade lattcr the required distaiice. That ia the inoveineiit of the wheel beyond the point debar 29 continues to inove iii sanie direcscribed. ll'hcn the wheel is turned baclition and cai'ries one or inore 28 wards to such point tlic upper pin 16' will successiveli7 past pi'ojection 2'2'. therebj! by enzageincnt with shouldei' 23 pi'event tuating the indicatoi' periodicalli,`Y in its furthei' inoveineiit in this direction such stroke. This ari'ani'einent is desii'able for shouldei' being` disposcd at rigrlit-anlles or adaptiiipY the register to aspecial in substantiallv so to the line coniiectinz the connection with av ineasuringfiand dispensing' centers of shaft 15 and pin 16'` when lever pump. 15 is iii the position illusti'atcd by full lines I p'referred constructionof the p'ro'jein Fig. 2'.

Preferablv` the tooth ininiediateliY precedinp.` tooth 22wthat tooth. as which on luded to. is shown in Figi: 3. retrogi'ade iiioveineiit of wheel 12 would be tion 27 consists of the free end of a piece q'h on the sted bv engag'ed bv the upper pin 16' just prior to of flat spring' material 309 which is fasteiieo G0 its drop into the space between teeth 22 and at its other endbj,7 insert-ing' it in a slot 81 -24-'-has point slig'htly modified as byfornied. in the ends of shaft 113 and a coller rounding' it indicated :it 25. rthis is de- 32 fixed to the latter. From its fiied end.

sirable. althougfh not iiecessarilv essential in the member 30 is bentupw colall cases` to insure 'that on rapid retrogjrade lai" 32 and then entends sub tanniovementof wheel the pin 16' will gential to the lattsi' snnsU with the radial, oi' siiballel to the part 27, tov a distance from the collar where it is bent backwardly upon itself to form the portion' which rests against the collar 32.

The practical result ofthis construction is to provide a projection 27 which is yieldable when engaged on either side by another projection, such as 28, but much less readily yieldable in one direc-tion than the other. Thus, on the upstroke of member 28, it will engage projection 27, but the latter tends to bcnd from its point of contact with 'collar 32 and offers considerable resistance to the projection 28. It is intended that, under such circumstances, the projection will not yield to any substantial degree until the lever 13 has been moved, butvas soon as the latter is arrestcd, it can yield, if necessary, to permit projection 28 to pass it. n return stroke of the latter, the projection 27 yields readily to permit projec-' scription that indicator 10 cannot be moved o forwardly except by means of the actuator. To further discourage improper actuation of the register7 the actuator itself is eno cased with the machine by 'which it is operated, leaving only the dial 5 and indicator 10 eXposed together with a controllingmember, as the Vhandle a (Fig. 4), for the machine. Such machine, as illustrated, is a measuring and dispensing pump which may be of the general type disclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,302,014, granted April 2-9, 1919, onan invention of John B. Davis. to' which reference is made for a full disclosure of the pump, its actuatng mechanism and enclosing casings. F or the present purposes, it will suflice to state that the pump is enclosed by a'casing b' upon which is superimposed a casing c, to 4which the register is attached, and upon the .casing c, another casing d. The casings c and d house reciprocating members for Operating the pump piston, of which members bar 29 is an exemplification. Doors e are provided to permit access, by authorized persons, to the parts enclosed within casing c. Into this casing the shaft 15 is inserted through an 'opening f, and the register is secured 'to this casing by screws 35 applied from within the casing through one of lthe doors e. With 'these doors closed and locked, the operator has accessible only the pump-operat-v `ing handle a, and the indicating and reset-s ting portions of the register. .Thus, the register is rendered proof against fraudulent actuation.

The invention has been disclosed herein,

in an embodiment at present preferred, for illustrative purposes, but the scope of the vat least one of whichis' formed to engage with said lever' to prevent turning of the wheel in said direction beyond a predetermined point and all of which teeth are formed to prevent the wheel from being turned in thev other direction except by oscillation of said lever.

2. In a register, having relatively movable indicating elements, an escapement mechanism for actuating one of said elements, including a wheel and an oscillatable lever having two arms alternately engageable with the wheel, said wheel having teeth all of which have one face so formed as to preventmovement of thewheel in one direction except by said lever and most of which have the other face so formed as to per'mit the wheel to be turned in an 'op posite direction, at least one of said teetfi having its other face so formed as to en-` able indicating elements, an escapem'ent mechanism for actuating one of said elements, lncluding a ratchet-wheel and an oscillatable lever having two arms alternately engageable with the wheel` to rotate it in one direction, the inclined face of one' of the teeth of said wheel being cut away to provide a substantially radial shoulder'adapted to cooperate with one of said arms to limit the rotation in the opposite direction of said wheel.

signature.

EDVVARD B. HINE. 

